Crime Report 02-28-11

Published 6:43 am, Monday, February 28, 2011

The attempted theft of a $3.49 package of facial cleanser late Thursday resulted in a host of charges being filed against a 24-year-old Plainview man.

According to Plainview police reports, the suspect initially was detained for attempting to shoplift the cleaning pads from Amigos, 2403 N. Columbia, at 8:48 p.m. Thursday. During his arrest for the Class C misdemeanor, officers discovered what appeared to be a crack pipe. That drew an additional Class C charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Also, the suspect now faces a Class A misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, search or transport. Arresting officers also discovered that the suspect faces an outstanding arrest warrant issued by Lubbock County officials. No bond information was listed on weekend book-in reports from the Hale County jail.

•Officials with Crisis Center of Plainview, 115 E. Seventh, reported that someone broke out a window there between 5:30 p.m. Thursday and 9:30 a.m. Friday. Damage was set at $500.

•Two men's gold rings, valued at a combined $1,200, were reportedly stolen from a residence in the 2200 block of Independence between 4-8:30 a.m. Thursday.

•An 18-year-old Plainview High student was arrested at 12:20 p.m. Friday at PHS for consumption of alcohol by a minor. He was held at Hale County jail on a $200 bond.

•A 36-year-old Plainview woman reported Friday that someone used a forged or counterfeit check to steal $3,596.40 from her bank account.

•A 19-year-old Hale Center man was arrested at the Pizza Hut, 1108 N. I-27, at 10:52 p.m. Friday on the Class A misdemeanor of carrying a prohibited weapon. A switchblade knife with a blue bandana attached was seized by police. He was being held on $2,500 bond at Hale County jail.

•A 36-year-old Plainview man was being held at Hale County jail on a $1,500 bond for criminal mischief after two tires on a Chevrolet Equinox were damaged in the 200 block of Southeast 10th between 9:30-9:45 a.m. Saturday. Damage was listed at $150.

•An unidentified juvenile was turned over to juvenile authorities after police discovered the individual in the park at 12th and Utica, a drug-free zone, with what appeared to be marijuana along with a pipe. He was detained at 4:45 p.m. Saturday on a charge of possession of under 2 ounces of marijuana in a drug-free zone.

•A resident in the 1100 block of Thunderbird Drive told police that a known person damaged the front door and wooden door frame at that residence between 8:55-9:22 p.m. Saturday. Damage was estimated at $400. A 31-year-old Kress man was arrested nearby in connection with the incident. He was charged with criminal mischief and public intoxication and held at Hale County jail on bonds totaling $1,700.

•Abraham Borrego, 34, of 815 Kokomo, was arrested 12:37 a.m. today for injury to a child with bodily injury and assault causing bodily injury (family violence) for an incident at his residence around midnight today. Injured were a 37-year-old woman along with a child who police did not identify in reports. Borrego was being held at Hale County jail today on a $2,500 bond on the Class A misdemeanor assault charge. Bond had not been set on the felony injury to a child charge.